Mount Arlington teen rescued after snow-covered canopy on back deck collapsed on him

3:58 PM,
Feb. 15, 2014

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For a few seconds, Carlos Irimia wasn't troubled Thursday afternoon when his 15-year-old son Pedro yelled that a snow-laden, heavy-duty outdoor canopy had collapsed.

"I heard my middle son yelling that it collapsed and then he said "Carlos is underneath it!" the senior Irimia said Friday.

Irimia said he raced outside to his backyard in his bare feet to see only the ankles and feet of his 17-year-old son Carlos sticking out from under the canopy, which was covered with several hundred pounds of snow. ...